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Jack G.C1KwizIQ community member

prepositions before infinitives - à porterAprès tous ces mois à porter les mêmes vêtements

Could you help me find a reference to understanding the use of prepositions before infinitives (I understand prepositions after).

Also, I read the question as 'after months of wearing', but can à be used for the preposition 'of'?

Asked 3 years ago

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Barbara D.C1KwizIQ community member

To think that by now ... This came out of left field!

This is a perfect example of vocabulary/explanation that should be given ahead of time -- I'll bet that way more than 90% got this wrong! If you do not speak French fluently, you would never think of expressing "To think that by now" is expressed as "Dire qu'à l'heure qu'il est"! Help us be better students by explaining expressions such as this!

Asked 5 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Fun song!

Merci Aurelie. This was a really fun and uplifting song to listen to. Great listening practice. You are right - it is a bit fast, but I was able to follow along while reading the lyrics. Actually, the first two lines were the hardest to understand - I'm not even sure what it means in English to 'redden the tea in Amman's souks'!

Loved watching everyone draw their colorful images, too.

Asked 4 years ago

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Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

“MUM/MOM: Kids, stop fighting,”The answer is “MAMAN : Les enfants, arrêtez de vous battre,”, but it strikes me as strange that “Les” is there when “enfants” is directly addressing the children in order to get their attention. Could I just double-check with you that the “Les” should in fact be there?

Asked 5 years ago

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Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

You will take down what he saysJust checking, is “take down” correct? It isn’t in Linguee or WordReference. Should it be “take in”?
Tu recueilleras ce qu'il dit.You will take down what he says.

Asked 5 years ago

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Janet M.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The test marked my answer wrong but the correct answer is identicalMarie vient demain, n'est-ce pas

Asked 4 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

legumes de soleil

Quels sont les legumes de soleil ? J'ai cherche partout, mais je n'ai pas trouve cette phrase. Tous les legumes ont besoin de soleil, donc je me demande si ces legumes sont des legumes d'ete, peut-etre ?

Merci !

Asked 4 years ago

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Glen L.C1KwizIQ community member

savoir or connaîtreFor the B1 Writing exercise, "I've always loved French" I thought that either "savoir or connaître" could be used when something is "known by heart". Thanks Glen

Asked 5 years ago

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Francisco B.C1KwizIQ community member

vivre vs. habiter

One of the examples in this lesson reads, "Tu vis en dehors de la ville." I was wondering about the distinction (if there is any, subtle though it may be) between saying that and saying, "Tu habites en dehors de la ville."

Asked 3 years ago

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